Jewish Mystical Autobiographies: The Book of Visions and Megillat Setarim
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ForewordPrefaceNotes to the PrefaceBook of VisionsTranslator's Introduction to the Text3Notes to the Translator's Introduction32The Text of Book of Visions41Pt. 1Events in My Life43Pt. 2My Dreams76Pt. 3The Dreams of Others113Pt. 4Things My Teacher Told Me About My Soul156Pt. 5Additions and Miscellania244Book of SecretsTranslator's Introduction to the Text267Notes to the Translator's Introduction272The Text of Book of Secrets273Book of Visions275The Deeds of the Lord294Notes to the Texts307Glossary337Months of the Hebrew Year343Bibliography344Index353
\ Library JournalThis volume collects the autobiographies of two Jewish mystics, Book of Visions by Rabbi Hayyim Vital (1542-1620) and Book of Secrets by Rabbi Yitzak Safrin of Komarno (1806-74). Born in Safed and having studied esoteric subjects with Rabbi Moses Cordovero (1522-70), Rabbi Vital came to see himself as the foremost disciple of Rabbi Isaac Luria (1534-72) and a successor of Rabbi Joseph Karo (1488-1575). In Book of Visions, Rabbi Vital analyzes the sources of his soul ancestry by tracing the genealogy of his own soul spark and its reincarnations via transmigration and unification. Like Rabbi Vital, Rabbi Komarno believes himself to be his generation's messiah of Joseph, places importance on dream interpretation, and gives an account of a prediction of his destined greatness before birth. Faierstein's books include Abraham Joshua Heschel, Prophetic Inspiration After the Prophets: Maimonides and Other Medieval Authorities. This translation is recommended for public libraries.--David B. Levy, Enoch Pratt Free Lib., Baltimore Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\\\ \
